The Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C., served as temporary Capitol of the United States from 1815 to 1819, and became the Old Capitol Prison during the American Civil War. Razed in 1929, its site is now occupied by the U.S. Supreme Court building.
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Famous quotes containing the words capitol and/or prison:
“A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and this, too, while the stars and stripes floated over it.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“Whensoever any affliction assails me, me thinks I have the keyes of my prison in mine owne hand, and no remedy presents it selfe so soone to my heart, as mine own sword. Often meditation of this hath wonne me to a charitable interpretation of their action, who dy so: and provoked me a little to watch and exagitate their reasons, which pronounce so peremptory judgements upon them.”
—John Donne (c. 1572–1631)